Andrew Winston

JANUARY 5, 2022

Here are the 6 big themes I drew from the last year, and 6 things to look out for in 2022]. Trends in corporate sustainability have been mostly consistent — an expanding climate crisis, lightning-speed growth in clean tech, rising pressure from many stakeholders, and more. How do you know when something becomes the norm? Here we go.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Emails previously revealed by DeSmog show how the hydrogen lobby is now targeting Labour – which has been hosting its annual conference in Liverpool since Sunday – as the party most likely to win the next general election. He said: “You [should] talk to the boiler manufacturers who have the technology and they’re looking at this.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 15, 2023

Such an extended and heartfelt profession of commitment to net zero was also clearly an awkward place to let slip that fossil fuels were still very much on the agenda, and within days of publication of the latest IPCC report. Or maybe just not enough people know about it. Hydrogen: Not a time to get blue?

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Establishing employee engagement in retail sustainability. We know you’ve been working hard to create a sustainable retail business. You’ve drawn out your sustainability program, hired a Chief Sustainability Officer , and you’ve made a significant time and financial commitment to your green cause.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 10, 2022

The ROI Of Sustainability in Business. There is general consensus among business leaders and investors that business success today requires a commitment to sustainability. The Financial Risk of Not Being Sustainable. There is company risk in not being sustainable, both to the planet and to the business.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 2, 2021

The Playbook for Becoming a Sustainable Business. If your company is working toward becoming a more sustainable company, you need a strategy, plan and roadmap. There are ten steps we’ve defined at Green Business Bureau to gear your company’s purpose, culture, focus and actions towards sustainability. What Is A Green Team?

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 11, 2023

To learn more about the history of GeothermEx and its continuing initiatives today as the geothermal consulting services arm of SLB’s geothermal business, we had an interview with Ann Robertson-Tait , president of GeothermEx. GW—in total, about 70% of the world’s operating geothermal power projects.

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Low Impact

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

I’ll be asking them about their jobs, and for advice for people who might be interested in doing similar things. Part 1 contained advice for anyone considering a career as a weaver , and part 3 will be about how craft production and mutual credit are a match made in heaven. So let’s talk about sustainability.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 29, 2021

Many serious concerns have hung over the supply chains of global corporations for decades, ranging from human rights issues to lack of transparency about sourcing and other matters. But what defines an ethical supply chain and what does it look like in practice? . Tips for auditing an ethical supply chain.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Sustainable Sourcing and Contract Bids. Sustainable sourcing, sometimes referred to as green procurement , has become commonplace in most state and federal contract bids. These federal government and municipal organizations are requiring their suppliers and vendors to be sustainable. How To Ensure Sustainability Credibility.

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Sustainability Consulting

JANUARY 5, 2022

As we kick off a new year, it’s a good time to take a look at what is trending in the world of sustainability. Sustainability is the “new normal” From food production, to packaging, to fashion to lifestyle products, there is a clear effort to replace traditional demands with sustainable alternatives.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

” However, climate advocates argue that when it comes to a complex and politicized issue like the climate crisis, the media should re-think this practice. “People are reading about it in the news, that’s what shapes their understanding. . “It tarnishes the reputation of that news outlet,” Amazeen said.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

was about 7 or 8 years old, he saw a painting called “Gathering Chestnuts,” by Tonawanda Seneca artist Ernest Smith. I think, for me, it wasn’t about the tree, it was about a way of life,” said Patterson, who today is in his 40s, with silver-flecked dark hair and kids of his own. When Neil Patterson Jr. He sounded wistful.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2023

In the summer of 2022, it seemed that the days of an oil-by-rail facility in Portland, Oregon, were numbered. If the high court declined to hear the case, the oil-by-rail operations in Portland would be in serious jeopardy, a blow against an energy company that acts as a conduit for crude oil shipped around the entire West Coast.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Major meat companies and industry lobby groups are planning a large presence at COP28 in a few days time, equipped with a communications plan to get a pro-meat message heard by policymakers throughout the summit, DeSmog can reveal. It used to be that they were caught on the back foot, but now they’re completely prepared.”

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Low Impact

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

This new book, ‘A Small Farm Future’ published by Chelsea Green, outlines what a post-covid, post-capitalist society might look like, built around a repopulated countryside of small farmers. He talks about going forward to a small farm future, not back to a small farm past. But it’s not ‘progress’ is it?

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

It had been about a year and a half since he left his job at an aerospace company to found a clean energy startup in San Francisco with three of his friends, but the path to success he’d once envisioned had crumbled. For a while things had been looking up for Charm Industrial. It felt like their boat was leaking.

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Terra Infirma

JULY 21, 2020

It was a lovely day all round, but the highlight for me was finding that a really serious pinch point on our route had now been fixed. Previously crossing this busy A-road was like playing a game of high-stakes Frogger, and the nearest pedestrian crossing would involve walking our bikes about half a mile.

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Low Impact

MAY 30, 2021

This is part 1 of a conversation with John Thackara – senior fellow of the Royal College of Art, visiting professor at Tongji University, Shanghai, founder and director of the Doors of Perception sustainable design conferences, and author of many books, including How to Thrive in the Next Economy. I ‘m a sustainability person.

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Grist

JUNE 2, 2023

The chemicals were at dangerously high levels. We weren’t about to take a chance on getting caught with a system that wouldn’t treat down to below detection levels under any circumstance,” Peters said in the deposition. That afternoon, Peters was told that an administrative aide for the U.S.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 14, 2020

In my annual review of big themes in sustainability and business — in other words, how companies manage environmental and social issues and opportunities — I’ve always included a changing climate as a big story. With that broad context, let’s look at 8 fascinating developments in sustainability from 2019. degrees Celsius.

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Business Green

JANUARY 25, 2023

BusinessGreen talks to the developers of the tallest timber building in central London about the growing appeal of the low-carbon material At the site where a 19th century timber yard once stood in Shoreditch, a six-storey office building has been built from a mix of beech, spruce, and pine sourced from sustainably managed forests across Europe.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

A nonprofit advocacy group focused on improving oil and gas pipeline safety is raising concerns about public accountability and transparency in the wake of a major diesel spill in coastal Louisiana after it went unreported to the public for weeks, despite contaminating or killing thousands of fish and dozens of alligators, birds, and other wildlife.

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Low Impact

JULY 18, 2021

This is the third part of an interview with Jon Halle of Sharenergy, about the prospects for keeping energy production local and mutualised. Here we talk about community energy, mutual credit and mutualisation of the economy. And you want to talk about mutual credit – because it’s the thing on your mind most of the time.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 27, 2020

Microsoft is expanding its hydrogen testing and intends to leverage its vast size and energy consumption to help the green hydrogen industry scale up, Brian Janous, the company’s general manager for environmental sustainability, said in an interview. “It does open up, I think, a huge opportunity for us.”

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

You would soon realise how much harder it was to get back on track by cutting your calories again. if govt uses "surplus" to weaken next carbon budget, CCC warnsWld make next budget much easier to meet - but put future goals at "very serious risk", says CCCIts "unequivocal" advice? Don't do it.1/[link]

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The Business Case for Sustainability. There is general consensus among business leaders and investors that business success today requires a commitment to sustainability. ROI and Sustainability go hand in hand, as many sustainable business practices save money by themselves. Sustainability Programs.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The Business Case for Sustainability. There is general consensus among business leaders and investors that business success today requires a commitment to sustainability. ROI and Sustainability go hand in hand, as many sustainable business practices save money by themselves. Sustainability Programs.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

You'd be forgiven for forgetting about the government's multiple 'red tape challenges', given the results have been laughably negligible. At this point they are asked what regulations they actually want to cut and are so flummoxed by this predictable question they end up babbling some nonsense about newts or water voles stymying development.

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Grist

APRIL 8, 2021

Some segments of the media adopted a more frenzied tone, blurring facts in an effort to get clicks. We should not be seeking to do these [experiments] because we like them,” said Peter Frumhoff, the chief climate scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists. (He He also helped select members for SCoPEx’s advisory committee.)

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Terra Infirma

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Therefore much of the debate on Sustainability should be about urban Sustainability. Like many buzz phrases, ’15 minute’ city is a rebrand of older ideas. The Western Harbour development in Malmo required a multi-storey car when its low car neighbourhoods were overwhelmed with cars.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

I have to say, when I'm asked to come to an NFU event, I never quite imagine a venue like this. It actually took me back because it's a little known fact that my first job when I was about 14 years old was on a farm, because I lived on the Surrey-Kent border. I thought about that, because I talk quite a lot about respect.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

One of the most comforting and widely held assumptions across the green economy is that younger consumers interest in sustainable products will both continue to build and stay with them as they grow older, creating a tailwind that can help drive the global transition towards to net zero emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

One of the PR companies claimed that content fronted by UK inventor Colin Furze reached nearly a billion people, while another claimed that a campaign with explorer Robert Swan OBE made Shell’s audience “31 percent more likely to believe” that the oil company is “committed to cleaner fuels”. million views.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 6, 2020

“Companies really want to get to the kitchen table.” But more popular techniques also result in face-to-face contact, like community events (20 percent frequently use this method), direct sales (41 percent) and referrals (77 percent). Financing applications were already digital. And for consumers.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The UK organizers of the COP26 climate conference very publicly declined to offer international oil companies any slots in the conference or any formal role in the event, and oil companies without credible climate programs were also barred from sponsoring events at the high-stakes international talks currently underway.

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Business Green

MAY 21, 2020

I think a lot of people - a lot of NGOs - were very surprised. But I didn't see it like that at all, because I think it's the challenge of our time, and I see us as a solution.". The exciting thing about climate change and delivering on net zero is that it all leads to building a better business. These are not compromises.

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